American Decades
"Building a Democracy"
Essay
By: Frank Lloyd Wright
Date: October 1946
Source: Wright, Frank Lloyd. "Building a Democracy." Taliesin Square-Paper Number 10, October 1946. Reprinted in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, ed. Frank Lloyd Wright: Collected Writings. New York: Rizzoli, 1992.
About the Author: Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) is considered the foremost twentieth-century American architect. For six decades Wright was responsible for the most innovative and beautiful designs for private homes and public buildings of any American architect.
Introduction
Frank Lloyd Wright opened his practice in 1893. From architect Louis Sullivan's doctrine that form should follow function in architecture, meaning that the style and materials of a building should embody its purpose, Wright developed his own belief that in a good building form and function are the same. He called his...
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- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
